[fbacher]

This problem started in 17.6 and still exists in  Kodi (18.0-BETA1 Git:20180802-8384518).

If you enable the setting "Look for remote UPnP players" then you can not play video without going through the context menu and explicitly choose "VideoPlayer" in the Context Menu-> "Play from here" menu item. Choosing "(Default)" fails.

It did not help to define <video> <defaultPlayer>VideoPlayer<...> In my advancedSettings.

The log is at https://www.dropbox.com/s/e69s2gvfd7oc6b...r.log?dl=0

My system is running Ubuntu 16.04

[User 29008]

Where did u get Beta1 from? It seems unstable and nightly ppa are kinda frozen .... did you compile it yourself?

[fbacher]

Looks like I got it from ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly/ubuntu xenial main. I did not compile it.
Overall this build works great. Which one do you recommend?

[User 29008]

Oh, alright ... well there seems to be only new kodi builds missing for bionic :-(
Edit: looking at the launchpad web site, also for xenial it lists

2:18.0+git20180802.0202-8384518-0xenial

as the current build. Is this now called beta1? Or what is your beta1 dated?

[wsnipex]

the ppa hasn't been updated because I took the liberty to go on holiday Will provide new builds soon

[User 29008]

On holiday? During this time of the year??! ;-) just kidding ... take your time man.

[fbacher]

I'll install new build from nightly once it arrives, then retest.

[fbacher]

Confirmed problem present in (18.0-BETA1 Git:20180828-f21b477).

To reproduce:
Enable Settings -> Services ->UPnP /  DLNA -Look for remote UpnP players.
Restart Kodi
Try to play any video. It won't unless you use the Context Menu to explicitly select "Play using..." -> "VideoPlayer".

Note that log is from Kodi-wayland, but it fails using normal X as well. Log at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cp30qm9vielu8y...P.log?dl=0